Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 644 Lingnan Salt Industry Beautiful Terraced Fields
From January to February and March, Li You stayed in Lingnan for seven months. In July, Li Shimin finally launched an attack on Goguryeo. .

It's just that Li Shimin didn't listen, because the attack on Goguryeo was not for one day to gain power, but for the sake of future generations, so Goguryeo must be fought.

Also in July, he ordered the construction of 400 ships to carry the military rations; Zhang Jian, the governor of the Yingzhou, was sent to lead the soldiers of You, the second governor of the Yingzhou, and the Khitan, Xi, Mohe and other ministries to attack Liaodong first to observe its situation; As a feeder envoy, all the states in Hebei were subject to their festivals; Xiao Rui, the servant of the emperor, transported the grain from the states in Henan into the sea.

So Li Shimin went to Luoyang, took Zhang Liang, Minister of the Criminal Ministry, as the general manager of the Pyongyang Road march, led more than 4 troops, and 500 warships, crossed the sea from Laizhou (now Shandong) and pointed directly at Pyongyang; As the general manager of the Liaodong Road Marching, he led 6 horsemen and Hu soldiers from Lanzhou and Hezhou to Liaodong. He joined forces with Zhang Liang and marched by land and water.Soon, all the armies gathered in Youzhou (ruling the southwest of Beijing today).

At this time, Li You was working for the well-being of the people in Lingnan. Lingnan is a place with high mountains and deep forests. The most lacking thing here is land. If it is now, there may be many ways, such as developing a tourism, planting a fruit tree or something.

But these methods in ancient times are a bit silly. First of all, travel, tell me, who would travel to this place in a carriage for thousands of miles, what else can you see here besides mountains?
The second is to plant fruit trees. I dare not say that they cannot be grown, but if they are planted, who will they sell them to? Now that there are no cars or planes, these fruits will go bad after a long time.

To be honest, Li You also thought of many ways, but none of them thought of it. After returning to modern times, Li You finally found a way to help Lingnan after watching a documentary introducing Guangdong.

This documentary is the largest original ecological terraced field in Guangdong, one of the top ten most worthwhile terraced fields in China, and the scenery is picturesque!

In the documentary, Li You saw a piece of golden yellow, which is food, a golden piece.Many friends have traveled thousands of miles to Guilin to see the Longji Rice Terraces, envious of the beauty of the fields there.In fact, Greater Guangdong also has its own terraced fields, which are also one of the top ten most beautiful terraced fields in China, and they are also very beautiful.

This terraced field is located in Oujia Village, Taibao Town, Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, Qingyuan. It is located at the foot of Dawu Mountain, the highest peak in Lianshan, known as the "Roof of Lingnan in Guangdong". At an altitude of 400-800 meters, you can not only see the terraced fields here , You can also see the beautiful mountain scenery surrounded by clouds and mist.

More than 1000 mu of terraced fields are distributed around Oujia Village in an M-shape. It is the largest and most original terraced field in Guangdong Province.There are thousands of miles of fertile fields and crisscross fields, which is very spectacular.

It was really beautiful, this time, Li You finally knew how to help the people in Lingnan.

And Li You is very clear that as long as you control the food, you control everyone.Terraces in the mountains are for people to buffer the pressure of food. Although huge manpower, material resources and skills are required to continuously transform the vast mountainous areas according to specific geographical conditions, as long as they pay, they can receive greater returns.

Immediately Li You began to study the terraced fields.

Li You quickly realized that China had terraced fields as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties.Rice cultivation requires a large area of ​​ponds, but the southeastern provinces of China have many hills and few plains suitable for rice cultivation. In order to solve the food problem, the farmers who immigrated here built terraced fields and used dams to conserve water sources, so that in the hills It is possible to plant rice in a large area in the belt, which solves the local food problem.

However, the manpower consumption of terraced fields is much higher than that of the plains, and the yield has no advantage. Moreover, the vegetation in the hilly areas is seriously damaged, so this farming method is gradually eliminated, and it is currently only used as a tourist attraction.

However, Li You's era was the Tang Dynasty, and terraced fields at this time were very necessary.

After checking the information, Li You returned to Lingnan and started the first layout. The first place he chose was Longji. This place will become the famous Longji terraced field in the future, and it is also very suitable for building terraced fields.

Here, Li You gathered one hundred thousand people from south of the Five Ridges, and began to build the Dragon Back. He worked for three months, from January to April, and from winter to spring. Finally, he successfully built all around the Dragon Back. Obtained more than [-] mu of terraced fields.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down the Longji Mountain, you will find that the terraced fields are dense, primitive in shape, criss-crossed, with smooth lines, high mountains and long rivers, and staggered wooden houses, which fully demonstrate the natural beauty of the terraced fields.

These terraces coil from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The big ones are only one mu, and the small ones only have two or three rows of seedlings inserted, forming "small mountains like snails", "big mountains like towers", "layers of terraced fields around mountain villages, and channels springing up mountain springs" "Curve Engineering.The highest altitude of the terraced fields is 880 meters, the lowest is 380 meters, and the vertical height difference is 500 meters.

It is really powerful. Of course, after the terraced fields are developed, there is still a problem in the future, that is water. The first word of rice is water. If there is a shortage of water, it is not a question of whether the rice is high or not, but whether it will be harvested or not. The problem.The biggest problem in cultivating rice on terraced fields is the water problem. If there is no rain for many days, there will be drought; too much rain at one time will cause mountain torrents, which often cause disasters.This has just seriously hindered the progress of terrace farming technology and the raising of output.

Therefore, it is necessary to open up or cultivate dikes to irrigate water sources to ensure a good harvest.

Fortunately, there is a lot of rain in Lingnan. Because the rain is relatively abundant, a mountain pond can be dug between two mountains or at a low-lying place on the top of a single mountain to accumulate rainwater.

The water from the mountain pond is firstly the rainwater from the sky; the second is to use the rainwater from the peaks higher than the mountain pond, just like a 2-acre mountain pond, as long as the area of ​​the surrounding mountain peaks is more than three times that, Then, the water in this mountain pond can basically fill it up during the rainy season in spring and summer.

In the future, it can be reserved for irrigation, which kills two birds with one stone. Of course, this is a place with plenty of rain. If there is no rain, especially those terraced fields that don't have much water. Li You can only divert water from the mountains, which is another big project.

If it is modern, there were many electric rows in the past. The pipelines of these electric rows usually lead directly to the local rivers or creek reservoirs, but the installation positions of the electric rows are all at the highest points of the terraces.

As soon as the electric row is boiled, the water will come, but in ancient times there was no electricity, so we had to build bamboo frames, that is, use moso bamboo to divert water. This is very difficult. If you are not careful, you will fall into the valley. At least five people lost their lives by diverting the water with a bamboo frame.

Later, Li You was worried that too many people died, and the Liao people were unwilling, but who knew that those Liao people were not afraid of death at all in order to get water, and those Li You people scrambled to send him to the most dangerous place, In this way, he will do his part for his descendants.

This kind of spirit also made Li You feel that what he did was worthwhile.

In April, Li You started to buy modern seeds from Hyundai. Fortunately, Hyundai seeds could be bought in Datang. After checking some information, Li You chose a kind of glutinous rice.

Although the yield of this kind of glutinous rice is not very high, the vitality of this kind of glutinous rice is very tenacious, and it can survive. Afterwards, a large number of Lingnan children were fed by these glutinous rice, and these children who were raised by the glutinous rice were raised by It's called Nuowa.

The terraced fields were a stroke of genius of Li You. The terraced fields have been expanded in the following time, and these terraced fields have also become the largest grain depots for the people of Lingnan in the future.

Once the terraced fields are finished, Li You will have time to look for gold mines, hehe. After all, looking for gold mines is another important thing for Li You to come to Lingnan. If he doesn't look for it, Li Mingda will keep bothering him Own.

Moreover, finding this gold mine can not only benefit myself, but more importantly, it can also benefit the people in Lingnan. Li You can invite the people in Lingnan to work in the gold mine, so that more people in Lingnan can be given a job. , is also the time to kill two birds with one stone.

However, what surprised Li You a little was that Li You was only looking for gold mines, but Li You didn't find the gold mines immediately, but found a salt lake first.

What is a salt lake? This thing is similar to the sea. Salt can be extracted from the lake, and it is very simple. You only need to pump the lake water into the salt pond first, and the sun will dry the lake water, and the salt will come out.

There is a shortage of salt in Lingnan. The discovery of this salt lake really solved the salt problem at once. Otherwise, salt is still in short supply in Lingnan. Many Liao tribes rarely have salt.

With the emergence of this salt lake, salt can be obtained directly from the inside without long-distance freight, which can save a lot of transportation costs.

And this salt lake is very powerful, it is a bit like the Dead Sea. In the Dead Sea, the tour guides of the travel agency once took incredible photos: tourists lying on their backs leisurely on the sea, holding a colorful umbrella for sunshade in one hand, In the other hand, he was reading a pictorial magazine, floating with the waves.

Anyone who falls into the salt sea will be supported by the buoyancy of the sea water. This is because the specific gravity of water in the salt sea is 1.17~1.227, while the specific gravity of the human body is only 1.02~1.097. The specific gravity of water exceeds the specific gravity of the human body, so people are will not sink.

I didn't expect this salt lake to be okay. When Li You went swimming, he was also floating on the water surface. Li Mingda on the side saw it and showed a surprised expression. Soon after, the little guy also jumped down. He can't swim yet. Li Mingda, it is a joy to be able to float in the salt lake.

According to relevant research by UNESCO, 1 hour of floating in the Dead Sea is equivalent to 8 hours of sleep and 4 hours of massage. This salt lake is exactly the same as the Dead Sea, and it is really a lake of treasures.

Later, Feng Zhijian built a palace for Li You next to the salt lake, in order to feel that Li You solved the suffering of the Lingnan salt industry.

(End of this chapter)